Disengageable fastener



M. J. ISAACSON DI SENGAGEABLE FASTENER May 26, 1931.

Filed April 25, 1930 V. R M d R T. 0 ms n A 1 WITNESSES ZM /w 7 Patented m,- zs, 1931,

5 PATENT "or-rice m J. ISLACSON, F BBOOKIIYN, NEW YORK DISENGAGEABLE FASTENEB Application filed April 25, 1980; Serial R0. 447,841.

' This invention relates to an improved diseiigageable fastener which may be used in man places as for instance, on boats, in dwe 'ngs, 'etc. or connecting curtains and other articles and wherever two articles are to be disengageably connected together, the structure being such that the garts may be uickly engagedand disengage Another object of the invention is to provide a disengageablefastener for curtains or other objects wherein a slide fastener of the zipper type is used in association with certain members in. association with a curtain rod or other article.

1 A further object, more specifically, is to provide a disengag'eable fastener for curtains or other objects wherein members forming loops or encirclingmembers are connected to the article and these members disengageably secured together by a slide fastener of the zipper t e arranged so that the sliding member may disengaged from one part of the fastener so that a complete separation of the .encircling members maybe secured. Inthe accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a' boat showmg part of a cabin with a curtain held in lace by an embodiment of my invention;

igure 2 is an enlarged embodiment of the iInvention arranged similar to that shown in i re 1; '1 I igure 3 is a top view of the bracket shown in Figures 1 and 2; I

Figure 4 is a sectional view through Figure 2 on has 4-4;, v

Fi re 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but ShOWlDg the parts in different. 'tion;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detailed fragmentary sectional view throughFigurel, approximately on the line 6-6.-

R'eferrin to the accompanying drawings by numera s, 1 indicates a boat of any kind havin a cabin 2 and an awning structure 3. In or er to enclose the. awnin structure one 5 or more curtains 4 are provi ed. In order to quickly mount and demount this curtain an embodiment of the invention is used at the upper and lower edges. The invention has been shown on curtain 4 associated with a boat 1 merely for the purpose'of illustration,

flexible members or stringers 19 and 20.

but it will be understood that the invention "may used in man other places] igure 2 is, in e ect, the interior view of one of the lower corners of curtain 4 and bracket 5. Coacting with bracket 5 is a simi- U. lar bracket 6, and coacting with this bracket and other parts are brackets 7 and 8. Preferably all of these brackets are identical in construction, as shown in t {i is formed 00 with a depending apertured portion 9 adapted to reoelve screws or other fastening means 10, whereby the bracket may be secured to some part of the boat 1. Bracket 5 at the upper'end is provided with a tubular section 85 11 having a slot 12 extending from one end.

A double flanged sleeve 13 isrotatably mounted in the section 11, said sleeve having avnotch or slot 14 adapted to be brought .4 into registry with the slot 12, as shown in 7 Figure 5, when the end of rod '15 is to be inserted or removed. Sleeve 13.carries a pin 16 which projects through the slot 17 as shown in Figure 3, said pin preferably having an enlarged head 18 whereby it may be easily actuated for swinging the sleeve 13 to the position shown in Figure 4. By this ar-' l I ran ment of brackets the rod 15 may be rea ily ap lied or removed at any time. 00- acting w1t rod 15 are means for connecting the rod with a curtain or other article. As

shown in Figures 2 and'3 of the drawings, the article 4 has connected therewith the These stringers are made extra wide so that an appreciable part of one edge thereof maybe secured by cement or other means to the: article 4, as shown in Figure 6, and yet leave ampleroom for the reception of the rod 15. The stringers 19' and 20 are provided with the usual beads to which the interlockin plates or'members '22 and 23 are secure These interlockingmembers coact with slide 24 to form a slide fastener which is disclosed as of the zip'perty In this way the slide fastener coacts wit. the flexible members 19 and 20 and with the article itself to provide an enclosure (Fig. 6) whereby the rod 15 or other article may be enclosed. This provides an effective connection with thecurtain or 1;i:res2to5in-.." elusive. As illustrated, br

other article and said connection as shown in Figure 2 is intermediate the ends of the article.

Usually in slide fasteners of the zipper type there are two abutments or stops 25 at one end, and this structure may be used in the present invention, if desired. Where there are two stops 25, namel one on the encircling member 19 and anot er on theencircling member 20, slide 24 ma be moved down to these stops and then s eeve 13 rdtated. After this has been done rod 15 is lifted. out of the bracket and then the curtain 4, and encircling members 19 and 20, are moved to the left, as in Figure 2, until disengaged from rod 15.

However, preferabl made with only one a utment 25 and with a thin section 26 opposite abutment 25 whereby the slide fastener 24 may move off of section 26 so that member 20 is completely disengaged from the encircling member 19. As'illustrated in Figure 1, there is a rod at the bottom of curtain 4 and, if desired, a similar rod 15 at the upper part, whereby the curtain 4 may be completely removed at any time. In applying the curtain it is only necessa to move the encir members 19 .an until they encircle t e rod 15 near bracket 5. The slide 24 is then sli ped on to the flat or thin section 26, and t en on to the interlockin plates 22 and 23. After this has been done t e slide 24 may be quickly moved to the opposite bracket, whereupon all of the members 22' and 23 will be locked and the curtain secured to the rod 15. The same action takes place in-re d to rod 15'.

Where t e thin section 26 is used the bracket 5 may beeliminated and any suitable bracket employed for supporting rod 15,

but where there are two abutments' bracket 5 will be essential, as the end',of rod 15 must he moved out of the bracket in order to slide the end portion of the fastener and encircliong members 19 and 20-;ofi one end of the r What I claim is: 1. A device of thecharacter described, in-

eluding a substantially flat article, a zipper futener structure provided with a air ofencircling flexible strips, and means or connecting one edge of each strip to said article intermediate its len 11 whereb said strips and that part of said article tween said are adapted to encircle a bar for connecting said article to the bar.

2. A device for securing a substantially fiat article to a bar including, a. pair of flex ible encircling members one edge of each of said members being secured to said article intermediate the length of the article, said 7' W members being positioned to partly encircle ans herand disengage'able fastening means feudisengageably securing, the other of saidencirciing members together where y the attachment is 1,eo7,47a I part of said article, said encircling members and said fastenin means are adapted to encircle said her or connecting said article to said bar.

of April, A. D. 1930. MAX J. ISAAGSON. 

